New Delhi: Akshay Kumar’s Bell Bottom was released in theaters on August 19. The actor saw the film at a special screening in the city, with his wife and author, Twinkle Khanna. Khanna shared a fun picture of the two of them heading towards the screening. Akshay earlier revealed that he is in London as he shared his picture cycling on the quiet roads of the city.
Though Akshay is enjoying in London, he is nervous about the release of his upcoming movie, Bell Bottom. His wife shared a cute picture of herself with her husband, Akshay, which captured them walking on streets, joyfully.
“Looks like a walk in the park but we are actually heading to something even better, the screening of Mr K’s fabulous movie Bellbottom! #mustwatch (sic).” Twinkle captioned the photo.
Apart from Akshay Kumar, Bell Bottom also features Lara Dutta, Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Adil Hussain, and Aniruddh Dave in pivotal roles, is one of the first big-scale Akshay Kumar plays the role of an undercover RAW agent, whose codename is Bell Bottom.
One of the most intriguing aspects of the Bell Bottom trailer was Lara Dutta’s makeover as the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. While fans were taken by the beauty queen’s new avatar, Dutta told a media house that she herself could not believe the transformation upon looking herself in the mirror. “I couldn’t recognise myself. First of all, being offered to play the role of a personality like Indira Gandhi is a dream come true for any female actor. You wait for years to play such an iconic role on screen. But it is also needless to say that it is a tremendous amount of responsibility as you need to portray a legendary figure correctly on screen,” she said.
Lara added that while reading the script she had developed an idea about how much struggle and hard work will be required to get into the character of an iconic historical figure. She said that, “When it came to performance, I knew I had to pull up my socks to make myself believable on screen. There was a lot of prep that went into that as well. I watched a lot of footage and archive videos of Indira Gandhi. I was also lucky to get notes from my father. While he was in the Indian Air Force, he used to serve Mrs. Gandhi as her personal pilot. So, he became an integral source of information for me. Through him, I got an insider perspective rather than just what was available to me through the makers and what existed on the internet.”
“The pressure is that Maharashtra is still closed and 30 per cent of the money comes from Maharashtra. And because only 50 per cent occupancy is allowed so half of the rest of the 70 per cent share is also gone. But we have to take a risk. I am keeping my fingers crossed.” said Akshay while speaking to the media in a group interview.
